The Good IT guy
You get to the office. Like every day, you turn on your computer, check the emails, the Pull Request on your team, and finally, what task you have to do toda...
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English
Tips to improve SQL Server Databases
A few days ago I learned a valuable lesson about what to do and not in databases. A few small tips that will help us to optimize our SQL Server databases and...
Visual Studio Team Services from Console
Computer scientists are vague by nature, in fact, the computer was born with the purpose of sorting information and automate the tasks of sorting and process...
Migrating our projects from TFVC to Git
With the decline of code version control systems such as Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC) and the rise of others such as Git, we are facing a common an...
[Micro-Post] Organizing the references in C#
There are many ways to improve our code, some people advocate for having a code with solid and reliable functionality, others for a clean code, and why not, ...
Meet ESP8266 / NodeMCU, the WIFI module for IoT
Fortunately or unfortunately, the world of IOT is becoming a tangle of devices, services, software and operating systems. This doesn’t have to be bad, in fac...
Constructor Overloading in C#
We all know the advantages of method overloading in our code.
Solve unexplained problems in Visual Studio Tools for Apache Cordova
Sometimes when you work with Visual Studio Tools for Apache Cordova, you can find some unexplained problems. These problems may arise at compilation time, wh...
Tutorial
Integrating a UPS in our server
Our server is still an electronic device, and although we have protected your information by software through backup copies, it is appropriate to also protec...
Webmin: Managing a server from the browser
I don’t know much about Unix systems. While I can type some commands and move around its directories, it’s not something I’m used to or like to deal with. Bu...
Your files from Windows, installing a Samba Server on Debian
Despite having different ways of accessing files on your server, perhaps all of them become somewhat tedious if we are used to browsing through Windows folde...
From Debian 10 to Debian 11
Debian 11 (bullseye) has been available for use on the stable channel for several months now. This release contains a total of 59,551 packages of which more ...
Backups towards Docker
Now that we handle Docker more or less adequately, and that we have instantiated a few services on our server with it, the system begins to fill up with data...
Non-Invasive Energy Monitor with PZEM and ESPHome
With the price of electricity at historical highs, and the forecast of its continuous increase, we believe that it is necessary to have a way of measuring el...
Calibrate Sensors in ESPHome
Whether you have changed the firmware of a Wi-Fi device with an ESP8266/ESP32 type chip, or if you have created your own device with different sensors, you w...
Home Assistant
The dawn of Home Automation: An Epic Journey through its Platforms
Dive into the fascinating world of home automation as we explore the stories, features, and evolutions of major platforms like Google Home, Alexa, Home Assis...
Home Assistant configuration in YAML
Although many integrations can be added without editing files, sometimes a bit of code is necessary.
Caring your plants with Mi Flora and Home Assistant
I’m not a plant person. Most of the ones I’ve had fall into disgrace and end up in the plants heaven. It’s not because I don’t take the time to care for them...
Configure Home Assistant editing its files
Although many integrations can be added without editing files, sometimes a bit of code is necessary.
Meeting Home Assistant
Once Home Assistant is installed, let’s go through the initial steps and configurations we need to perform to get a general idea of the platform and how to i...
Domotizing our house with Home Assistant
We take a leap in home automation and explore Home Assistant, an open-source platform focused on privacy, that takes your smart home to the next level. We ta...
Fundamentals
The dawn of Home Automation: An Epic Journey through its Platforms
Dive into the fascinating world of home automation as we explore the stories, features, and evolutions of major platforms like Google Home, Alexa, Home Assis...
Discover Home Automation: Zigbee, Thread, WiFi and More
We will explore the fundamentals of network protocols used in home automation and the crucial role Hubs play in creating and managing these networks.
Home Assistant configuration in YAML
Although many integrations can be added without editing files, sometimes a bit of code is necessary.
Configure Home Assistant editing its files
Although many integrations can be added without editing files, sometimes a bit of code is necessary.
Meeting Home Assistant
Once Home Assistant is installed, let’s go through the initial steps and configurations we need to perform to get a general idea of the platform and how to i...
Domotizing our house with Home Assistant
We take a leap in home automation and explore Home Assistant, an open-source platform focused on privacy, that takes your smart home to the next level. We ta...
Platforms
The dawn of Home Automation: An Epic Journey through its Platforms
Dive into the fascinating world of home automation as we explore the stories, features, and evolutions of major platforms like Google Home, Alexa, Home Assis...
Home Assistant configuration in YAML
Although many integrations can be added without editing files, sometimes a bit of code is necessary.
Configure Home Assistant editing its files
Although many integrations can be added without editing files, sometimes a bit of code is necessary.
Meeting Home Assistant
Once Home Assistant is installed, let’s go through the initial steps and configurations we need to perform to get a general idea of the platform and how to i...
Domotizing our house with Home Assistant
We take a leap in home automation and explore Home Assistant, an open-source platform focused on privacy, that takes your smart home to the next level. We ta...
Homelab
Integrating a UPS in our server
Our server is still an electronic device, and although we have protected your information by software through backup copies, it is appropriate to also protec...
Home Assistant configuration in YAML
Although many integrations can be added without editing files, sometimes a bit of code is necessary.
Configure Home Assistant editing its files
Although many integrations can be added without editing files, sometimes a bit of code is necessary.
Meeting Home Assistant
Once Home Assistant is installed, let’s go through the initial steps and configurations we need to perform to get a general idea of the platform and how to i...
Domotizing our house with Home Assistant
We take a leap in home automation and explore Home Assistant, an open-source platform focused on privacy, that takes your smart home to the next level. We ta...
Server
Integrating a UPS in our server
Our server is still an electronic device, and although we have protected your information by software through backup copies, it is appropriate to also protec...
Webmin: Managing a server from the browser
I don’t know much about Unix systems. While I can type some commands and move around its directories, it’s not something I’m used to or like to deal with. Bu...
Your files from Windows, installing a Samba Server on Debian
Despite having different ways of accessing files on your server, perhaps all of them become somewhat tedious if we are used to browsing through Windows folde...
From Debian 10 to Debian 11
Debian 11 (bullseye) has been available for use on the stable channel for several months now. This release contains a total of 59,551 packages of which more ...
Domotizing our house with Home Assistant
We take a leap in home automation and explore Home Assistant, an open-source platform focused on privacy, that takes your smart home to the next level. We ta...
Visual Studio
Visual Studio Team Services from Console
Computer scientists are vague by nature, in fact, the computer was born with the purpose of sorting information and automate the tasks of sorting and process...
[Micro-Post] Organizing the references in C#
There are many ways to improve our code, some people advocate for having a code with solid and reliable functionality, others for a clean code, and why not, ...
Solve unexplained problems in Visual Studio Tools for Apache Cordova
Sometimes when you work with Visual Studio Tools for Apache Cordova, you can find some unexplained problems. These problems may arise at compilation time, wh...
Installation
Home Assistant configuration in YAML
Although many integrations can be added without editing files, sometimes a bit of code is necessary.
Configure Home Assistant editing its files
Although many integrations can be added without editing files, sometimes a bit of code is necessary.
Meeting Home Assistant
Once Home Assistant is installed, let’s go through the initial steps and configurations we need to perform to get a general idea of the platform and how to i...
homeassistant
Monitoring a Home Assistant server
As our intelligent home grows in number of devices and complexity, but also in usefulness, we must protect the Home Assistant server in order to avoid future...
Protect your private info with secrets.yaml
When we work with Home Assistant files, we tend to introduce private keys and data that in the wrong hands can become a very dangerous and serious problem.
Control your home from anywhere with DuckDNS
We have already created our Home Assistant server, and know a little more about how it works. But making a smart house doesn’t make much sense if we can only...
hassio
Monitoring a Home Assistant server
As our intelligent home grows in number of devices and complexity, but also in usefulness, we must protect the Home Assistant server in order to avoid future...
Protect your private info with secrets.yaml
When we work with Home Assistant files, we tend to introduce private keys and data that in the wrong hands can become a very dangerous and serious problem.
Control your home from anywhere with DuckDNS
We have already created our Home Assistant server, and know a little more about how it works. But making a smart house doesn’t make much sense if we can only...
domotica
Monitoring a Home Assistant server
As our intelligent home grows in number of devices and complexity, but also in usefulness, we must protect the Home Assistant server in order to avoid future...
Protect your private info with secrets.yaml
When we work with Home Assistant files, we tend to introduce private keys and data that in the wrong hands can become a very dangerous and serious problem.
Control your home from anywhere with DuckDNS
We have already created our Home Assistant server, and know a little more about how it works. But making a smart house doesn’t make much sense if we can only...
C#
[Micro-Post] Organizing the references in C#
There are many ways to improve our code, some people advocate for having a code with solid and reliable functionality, others for a clean code, and why not, ...
Constructor Overloading in C#
We all know the advantages of method overloading in our code.
Git
Visual Studio Team Services from Console
Computer scientists are vague by nature, in fact, the computer was born with the purpose of sorting information and automate the tasks of sorting and process...
Migrating our projects from TFVC to Git
With the decline of code version control systems such as Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC) and the rise of others such as Git, we are facing a common an...
Google Home
The dawn of Home Automation: An Epic Journey through its Platforms
Dive into the fascinating world of home automation as we explore the stories, features, and evolutions of major platforms like Google Home, Alexa, Home Assis...
Domotizing our house with Home Assistant
We take a leap in home automation and explore Home Assistant, an open-source platform focused on privacy, that takes your smart home to the next level. We ta...
Alexa
The dawn of Home Automation: An Epic Journey through its Platforms
Dive into the fascinating world of home automation as we explore the stories, features, and evolutions of major platforms like Google Home, Alexa, Home Assis...
Domotizing our house with Home Assistant
We take a leap in home automation and explore Home Assistant, an open-source platform focused on privacy, that takes your smart home to the next level. We ta...
Apple Home
The dawn of Home Automation: An Epic Journey through its Platforms
Dive into the fascinating world of home automation as we explore the stories, features, and evolutions of major platforms like Google Home, Alexa, Home Assis...
Domotizing our house with Home Assistant
We take a leap in home automation and explore Home Assistant, an open-source platform focused on privacy, that takes your smart home to the next level. We ta...
Docker
Backups towards Docker
Now that we handle Docker more or less adequately, and that we have instantiated a few services on our server with it, the system begins to fill up with data...
Domotizing our house with Home Assistant
We take a leap in home automation and explore Home Assistant, an open-source platform focused on privacy, that takes your smart home to the next level. We ta...
Add-ons
Home Assistant configuration in YAML
Although many integrations can be added without editing files, sometimes a bit of code is necessary.
Configure Home Assistant editing its files
Although many integrations can be added without editing files, sometimes a bit of code is necessary.
ESPHome
Non-Invasive Energy Monitor with PZEM and ESPHome
With the price of electricity at historical highs, and the forecast of its continuous increase, we believe that it is necessary to have a way of measuring el...
Calibrate Sensors in ESPHome
Whether you have changed the firmware of a Wi-Fi device with an ESP8266/ESP32 type chip, or if you have created your own device with different sensors, you w...
Debian
Your files from Windows, installing a Samba Server on Debian
Despite having different ways of accessing files on your server, perhaps all of them become somewhat tedious if we are used to browsing through Windows folde...
From Debian 10 to Debian 11
Debian 11 (bullseye) has been available for use on the stable channel for several months now. This release contains a total of 59,551 packages of which more ...
Zigbee
The dawn of Home Automation: An Epic Journey through its Platforms
Dive into the fascinating world of home automation as we explore the stories, features, and evolutions of major platforms like Google Home, Alexa, Home Assis...
Discover Home Automation: Zigbee, Thread, WiFi and More
We will explore the fundamentals of network protocols used in home automation and the crucial role Hubs play in creating and managing these networks.
Wi-Fi
The dawn of Home Automation: An Epic Journey through its Platforms
Dive into the fascinating world of home automation as we explore the stories, features, and evolutions of major platforms like Google Home, Alexa, Home Assis...
Discover Home Automation: Zigbee, Thread, WiFi and More
We will explore the fundamentals of network protocols used in home automation and the crucial role Hubs play in creating and managing these networks.
Thread
The dawn of Home Automation: An Epic Journey through its Platforms
Dive into the fascinating world of home automation as we explore the stories, features, and evolutions of major platforms like Google Home, Alexa, Home Assis...
Discover Home Automation: Zigbee, Thread, WiFi and More
We will explore the fundamentals of network protocols used in home automation and the crucial role Hubs play in creating and managing these networks.
Bluetooth
The dawn of Home Automation: An Epic Journey through its Platforms
Dive into the fascinating world of home automation as we explore the stories, features, and evolutions of major platforms like Google Home, Alexa, Home Assis...
Discover Home Automation: Zigbee, Thread, WiFi and More
We will explore the fundamentals of network protocols used in home automation and the crucial role Hubs play in creating and managing these networks.
Z-Wave
The dawn of Home Automation: An Epic Journey through its Platforms
Dive into the fascinating world of home automation as we explore the stories, features, and evolutions of major platforms like Google Home, Alexa, Home Assis...
Discover Home Automation: Zigbee, Thread, WiFi and More
We will explore the fundamentals of network protocols used in home automation and the crucial role Hubs play in creating and managing these networks.
Protocols
The dawn of Home Automation: An Epic Journey through its Platforms
Dive into the fascinating world of home automation as we explore the stories, features, and evolutions of major platforms like Google Home, Alexa, Home Assis...
Discover Home Automation: Zigbee, Thread, WiFi and More
We will explore the fundamentals of network protocols used in home automation and the crucial role Hubs play in creating and managing these networks.
Cordova
Solve unexplained problems in Visual Studio Tools for Apache Cordova
Sometimes when you work with Visual Studio Tools for Apache Cordova, you can find some unexplained problems. These problems may arise at compilation time, wh...
IoT
Meet ESP8266 / NodeMCU, the WIFI module for IoT
Fortunately or unfortunately, the world of IOT is becoming a tangle of devices, services, software and operating systems. This doesn’t have to be bad, in fac...
NodeMCU
Meet ESP8266 / NodeMCU, the WIFI module for IoT
Fortunately or unfortunately, the world of IOT is becoming a tangle of devices, services, software and operating systems. This doesn’t have to be bad, in fac...
ESP8266
Meet ESP8266 / NodeMCU, the WIFI module for IoT
Fortunately or unfortunately, the world of IOT is becoming a tangle of devices, services, software and operating systems. This doesn’t have to be bad, in fac...
Arduino
Meet ESP8266 / NodeMCU, the WIFI module for IoT
Fortunately or unfortunately, the world of IOT is becoming a tangle of devices, services, software and operating systems. This doesn’t have to be bad, in fac...
Putty
Meet ESP8266 / NodeMCU, the WIFI module for IoT
Fortunately or unfortunately, the world of IOT is becoming a tangle of devices, services, software and operating systems. This doesn’t have to be bad, in fac...
Constructor
Constructor Overloading in C#
We all know the advantages of method overloading in our code.
.NET
Constructor Overloading in C#
We all know the advantages of method overloading in our code.
Overload
Constructor Overloading in C#
We all know the advantages of method overloading in our code.
TFVC
Migrating our projects from TFVC to Git
With the decline of code version control systems such as Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC) and the rise of others such as Git, we are facing a common an...
Console
Visual Studio Team Services from Console
Computer scientists are vague by nature, in fact, the computer was born with the purpose of sorting information and automate the tasks of sorting and process...
Terminal
Visual Studio Team Services from Console
Computer scientists are vague by nature, in fact, the computer was born with the purpose of sorting information and automate the tasks of sorting and process...
Shell
Visual Studio Team Services from Console
Computer scientists are vague by nature, in fact, the computer was born with the purpose of sorting information and automate the tasks of sorting and process...
VSTS
Visual Studio Team Services from Console
Computer scientists are vague by nature, in fact, the computer was born with the purpose of sorting information and automate the tasks of sorting and process...
Team Services
Visual Studio Team Services from Console
Computer scientists are vague by nature, in fact, the computer was born with the purpose of sorting information and automate the tasks of sorting and process...
SQL
Tips to improve SQL Server Databases
A few days ago I learned a valuable lesson about what to do and not in databases. A few small tips that will help us to optimize our SQL Server databases and...
Azure
Tips to improve SQL Server Databases
A few days ago I learned a valuable lesson about what to do and not in databases. A few small tips that will help us to optimize our SQL Server databases and...
Databases
Tips to improve SQL Server Databases
A few days ago I learned a valuable lesson about what to do and not in databases. A few small tips that will help us to optimize our SQL Server databases and...
Pull Request
The Good IT guy
You get to the office. Like every day, you turn on your computer, check the emails, the Pull Request on your team, and finally, what task you have to do toda...
Instrospection
The Good IT guy
You get to the office. Like every day, you turn on your computer, check the emails, the Pull Request on your team, and finally, what task you have to do toda...
Team
The Good IT guy
You get to the office. Like every day, you turn on your computer, check the emails, the Pull Request on your team, and finally, what task you have to do toda...
Etics
The Good IT guy
You get to the office. Like every day, you turn on your computer, check the emails, the Pull Request on your team, and finally, what task you have to do toda...
Xiaomi
Caring your plants with Mi Flora and Home Assistant
I’m not a plant person. Most of the ones I’ve had fall into disgrace and end up in the plants heaven. It’s not because I don’t take the time to care for them...
Home Automation
Caring your plants with Mi Flora and Home Assistant
I’m not a plant person. Most of the ones I’ve had fall into disgrace and end up in the plants heaven. It’s not because I don’t take the time to care for them...
GitHub
Custom secure domains with GitHub Pages
GitHub Pages is the possibility to create a static website from a repository offered by GitHub. This is useful when you have a personal page, a project with ...
DevOps
Custom secure domains with GitHub Pages
GitHub Pages is the possibility to create a static website from a repository offered by GitHub. This is useful when you have a personal page, a project with ...
Plug
Calibrate Sensors in ESPHome
Whether you have changed the firmware of a Wi-Fi device with an ESP8266/ESP32 type chip, or if you have created your own device with different sensors, you w...
Smart
Calibrate Sensors in ESPHome
Whether you have changed the firmware of a Wi-Fi device with an ESP8266/ESP32 type chip, or if you have created your own device with different sensors, you w...
Sensors
Calibrate Sensors in ESPHome
Whether you have changed the firmware of a Wi-Fi device with an ESP8266/ESP32 type chip, or if you have created your own device with different sensors, you w...
Monitor
Non-Invasive Energy Monitor with PZEM and ESPHome
With the price of electricity at historical highs, and the forecast of its continuous increase, we believe that it is necessary to have a way of measuring el...
Energy
Non-Invasive Energy Monitor with PZEM and ESPHome
With the price of electricity at historical highs, and the forecast of its continuous increase, we believe that it is necessary to have a way of measuring el...
Measurement
Non-Invasive Energy Monitor with PZEM and ESPHome
With the price of electricity at historical highs, and the forecast of its continuous increase, we believe that it is necessary to have a way of measuring el...
Pzem
Non-Invasive Energy Monitor with PZEM and ESPHome
With the price of electricity at historical highs, and the forecast of its continuous increase, we believe that it is necessary to have a way of measuring el...
Duplicati
Backups towards Docker
Now that we handle Docker more or less adequately, and that we have instantiated a few services on our server with it, the system begins to fill up with data...
Containers
Backups towards Docker
Now that we handle Docker more or less adequately, and that we have instantiated a few services on our server with it, the system begins to fill up with data...
Updates
From Debian 10 to Debian 11
Debian 11 (bullseye) has been available for use on the stable channel for several months now. This release contains a total of 59,551 packages of which more ...
Samba
Your files from Windows, installing a Samba Server on Debian
Despite having different ways of accessing files on your server, perhaps all of them become somewhat tedious if we are used to browsing through Windows folde...
SMB
Your files from Windows, installing a Samba Server on Debian
Despite having different ways of accessing files on your server, perhaps all of them become somewhat tedious if we are used to browsing through Windows folde...
Windows
Your files from Windows, installing a Samba Server on Debian
Despite having different ways of accessing files on your server, perhaps all of them become somewhat tedious if we are used to browsing through Windows folde...
Webmin
Webmin: Managing a server from the browser
I don’t know much about Unix systems. While I can type some commands and move around its directories, it’s not something I’m used to or like to deal with. Bu...
Management
Webmin: Managing a server from the browser
I don’t know much about Unix systems. While I can type some commands and move around its directories, it’s not something I’m used to or like to deal with. Bu...
Sai
Integrating a UPS in our server
Our server is still an electronic device, and although we have protected your information by software through backup copies, it is appropriate to also protec...
Ups
Integrating a UPS in our server
Our server is still an electronic device, and although we have protected your information by software through backup copies, it is appropriate to also protec...
Usb
Integrating a UPS in our server
Our server is still an electronic device, and although we have protected your information by software through backup copies, it is appropriate to also protec...
Ethernet
Discover Home Automation: Zigbee, Thread, WiFi and More
We will explore the fundamentals of network protocols used in home automation and the crucial role Hubs play in creating and managing these networks.
Radiofrequency
Discover Home Automation: Zigbee, Thread, WiFi and More
We will explore the fundamentals of network protocols used in home automation and the crucial role Hubs play in creating and managing these networks.
Infrared
Discover Home Automation: Zigbee, Thread, WiFi and More
We will explore the fundamentals of network protocols used in home automation and the crucial role Hubs play in creating and managing these networks.
Networks
Discover Home Automation: Zigbee, Thread, WiFi and More
We will explore the fundamentals of network protocols used in home automation and the crucial role Hubs play in creating and managing these networks.
Homey
The dawn of Home Automation: An Epic Journey through its Platforms
Dive into the fascinating world of home automation as we explore the stories, features, and evolutions of major platforms like Google Home, Alexa, Home Assis...
OpenHAB
The dawn of Home Automation: An Epic Journey through its Platforms
Dive into the fascinating world of home automation as we explore the stories, features, and evolutions of major platforms like Google Home, Alexa, Home Assis...
Domoticz
The dawn of Home Automation: An Epic Journey through its Platforms
Dive into the fascinating world of home automation as we explore the stories, features, and evolutions of major platforms like Google Home, Alexa, Home Assis...
Matter
The dawn of Home Automation: An Epic Journey through its Platforms
Dive into the fascinating world of home automation as we explore the stories, features, and evolutions of major platforms like Google Home, Alexa, Home Assis...